Lemtrada & Stem cell treatment

[palmtree]

I want to get the stem cell treatment as soon as it becomes available. What I wonder (If anyone knows) is if you can get Lemtrada first. I worry that once I've rebooted my immune system with Lemtrada that will disqualify me for stem cell treatment.

Does anyone know about this?

[JerryD]

I am sure that if you are contacted by a stem cell therapy practitioner they will be glad to inform you if you are a candidate, after looking at your medical records. It is very difficult to get any information from the stem cell teams. I have tried to make contact by email and they don't give out much information. I guess if one was in a trial, one would be given more information.
I wish you luck with your search. Maybe, you can glean some information and post it for all of us to read.

[jersey4ever]

My guess

Use of Mitoxantrone would disqualify you from the Northwestern trail so I would GUESS lemtrada would also...but that just means disqualfied from a clinical trial - not that you could not get the treatment.

[JerryD]

I don't think the stem cell therapy is available in this country, other than in a clinical trial. I am sure that it is available in a few foreign countries on a service for fee basis.
If a patient uses one of the other therapies, the stem cell facility would have to make a determination if the prior use of certain therapies would affect the stem cell therapy outcomes. That question could pose quite a conundrum. It seems that Northwestern University is very selective with the patients that they include in their clinical trials.